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Pastoralist households across East Africa face major livestock losses during drought periods that can cause persistent poverty. For Kenya and southern Ethiopia, an existing index insurance scheme aims to reduce the adverse effects of such losses. The scheme insures individual households through a...


Vrieling, A.Meroni, M.Mude, Andrew G.Chantarat, S.Ummenhofer, Caroline C.Bie, C.A.J.M. de[Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists]Early assessment of seasonal forage availability for mitigating the impact of drought on East African pastoralists

This article describes a novel index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) product piloted among pastoralists in Northern Kenya, where insurance markets are effectively absent and uninsured risk exposure is a main cause of poverty. We describe the methodology used to design the contract and its underl...


Chantarat, S.Mude, Andrew G.Barrett, Christopher B.Carter, M.R.[Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya]Designing index based livestock insurance for managing asset risk in northern Kenya

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